Awning.



W. G. BUSCHEMEYER & G. R. GASPARI.

AWNING.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. zo, 1907.

Patented N0v.17,19oa.

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UNITED STA'IilS PATENT FFCFL.

WILLIAM Gr. BUSOHEMEYER AND GEORGE R. OASPARI, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

AWNING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed September 20, 1907. Serial No. 393,798.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, IVILLIAM BUsor-m- MEYER and GEORGE R. OAsPAnI, citizens of the United States, and residents of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has reference to improvements in awnings, more especially of the character disclosed in Letters Patent Number 698,371, granted to William Gr. Buschemeyer April 2Q, 1902, and in which provision is made for the discharge of heated air at the top of the awnino.

The object of the present invention primarilyy is to simplify and strengthen the connection between the awning frame and window easement, whereby it may be cheaply manufactured and assembled and is unlikely to become deranged or broken.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar characters of roference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a. perspective view of an awning frame embodying our improvements as applied to a window Casement; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating our .improved connection between the top of the awning frame and the window Casement; F ig.` 3 is a cross-section through one side of the awning frame just above the lower connection with the window Casement; Fig. l is a fragmentary view of one side of the awningframe, showing an attached cleat for securing the operating cords; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the awning frame, showing a modification of the vertical portion thereof; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the top connection of the frame shown in Fig. 5, with the window easement, and Fig. 7 is a modilication of the awning fitting.

In the preferred practical construction of our improved awning frame we employ a substantially vertical frame which as shown .in Fig. `1 is made of a single pipe comprising side bars 10, connected together at their upper ends by a cross-bar 11, the latter being located a substantial distance above the window opening and off-set to the front of the frame a sufficient distance to provide for the escape of accumulating hot air underneath the awning canopy. The awning frame also includes a U-shaped or bowed stretcher 12, pivotally connected to sleeves or runners 13 which are slidable on the side bars 10.

The connection between the awning frame and the window easement, which forms a primary feature of our improvement, is effected by fittings 1l and screw-eyes 15, respectively, attached to the side bars 10 near the top and bottom portions of the frame; the fittings lll being located at the point at which the olf-set at the top of the frame begins and are in that type of our invention shown in Fig. 1 .in the form of collars connected to the frame by cross-pins 16L and having integral eyes 16 projecting therefrom, which are removably engaged with conical off-set portions 1T of tapered wood screws 1S, the eyes being held against accidental disengagement from the screws by cotter pins 17a. The heads of these screws are also provided with shoulders, as shown, to bind againstthe wood in which they are threaded when they are screwed to place. The screw-eyes 15 as best shown in Fig. Iz are of the ordinary type, snugly fitting the lower ends of the vertical frame, and are threaded into the window Casement.

By this construction the connection between the awning frame and window casement is simplified and strengthened, enabling the parts to be cheaply manufactured and assembled and unlikely to become deranged or broken.

At the lower end and at one side of the vertical frame of the awning is a collar 19, attached to the frame by a cotter pin or key 20, and having an integral cleat 21 about which the operating cords may be wrapped. In Figs. 5 and (3 we have shown a slightly modified construction of the vertical frame, which differs from that just described in that the off-set portion thereof instead of being integral with the side-bars, is constructed of straight pipe connected together with elbows 14:, 22 and 2S. The elbows 14a are located at the top of the side-bars and correspond to the fittings 14k and are provided with like integral eyes 1G.

Vhile we have shown as our improved construction, the fittings 1-l and 14 formed with integral eyes, and the screws 18 formed with conical olf-set portions for engaging these eyes, it is apparent the position of these elements may if desired be reversed, and the conical olf-set portions made as a part of the iittings, and the eyes made integral with the screws as shown in F ig..7 also other minoil changes may be made in the construction Without departing from the nature of the invention as outlined within the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In an awning, a frame comprising sidebars rigidly connected together at their upper ends by an oit-set portion, ittings carried by the side-bars adjacent to the olf-set portion of the frame having integral eyes, screws having shouldered heads provided with off-set conical portions engaging said eyes, screw-eyes receiving the lower ends of the side-bars, and a collar keyed on the lower end of one of said side bars having an integral cleat for the purpose described.

2. In an awning, a frame comprising sidebars rigidly connected together at their upper ends by an oH-set portion, fittings carried by the side-bars adjacent to the off-set portion of the frame having integral eyes, screws having shouldered heads provided with oft-set conical portions engaging said 1 eyes, and screw-eyes receiving the lower ends of the side-bars.

3. In an awning, a frame comprising sidebars rigidly connected together at their upper ends by an oft-set portion, fittings carried by the side-bars adjacent to the ott-set portion of the :frame having integral eyes, screws having' shouldered heads provided with oE-set conical portions engaging said eyes, screw-eyes receiving the lower ends of the side-bars, and pins passing through the off-set conical portions of the screws above the integral eyes formed on the iittings.

4. In an awning, side bars rigidly connected together at their upper ends by an offset portion, a U-shaped stretcher pivotally supported on the side bars, collars surrounding the side bars and secured thereto adjacent to the oliset portion, screws adapted to be threaded into a fixed support, and eyes and conical offset portions adapted to engage with each other, one of which is rigid with each screw, and the other being rigid with each collar.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

WILLIAM G. BUSCHEMEYER. GEORGE R. CASPARI.

vWitnesses LOUIS CHIQUELIN, CHAs. L. S. READ. 

